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TIL Ford did not have to be rescued during the 2008 financial crisis like the two other major American auto companies, Chrysler and GM

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OoXB7 TIL of Horse Diving, an attraction that was popular in the mid-1880s, in which a horse would dive into a pool of water, sometimes from as high as 60 feet
EEN0 TIL that there was a blind boy that developed his own echolocation system to “see” by making clicking sounds with his mouth.
xV1y5 TIL: Julie Andrews’ famous singing voice was permanently damages by a throat operation in 1997. She said she feels fortunate in a way, as she has focussed on using her voice in ways other than singing.
bZX4 TIL there is an ancient iron pillar in Delhi renowned for it’s inability to rust
QR69 TIL that on October 19, 1864 Confederate soldiers slipped across the border from Canada and looted and robbed their way through Vermont during the American Civil War. They stole $208,000 or around $3 million in 2014 money